Phillip Ridlen

What are you doing?

This is a now page. If you have your own site, you should make one, too.

When Twitter X first arrived on the scene, it had one mission: answer the question, “What are you doing?” It has instead become a cesspool of hot takes and pot shots at others. You won’t find me posting there; instead, I try to keep this page up to date with the important highlights of what I’m up to.

This is what I’m doing as of January 15, 2024.

👨‍👩‍👦‍👦  Family

I’m still living in Burleson, Texas (just south of Fort Worth) with my wife and three kids. Working from home for the past several years has been a huge blessing; I’ve been able to be there for the big moments and the tough times. I’m able to greet my kids when they come home from school and help them with various things throughout the day. The random hugs and surprise meeting crashes are always fun.

I’ll never go back to working in an office full time. At least until my kids are older and want nothing to do with me. 😅

👨‍💻  Work

I work as a software engineer at BILL keeping the authentication and identity systems up and running smoothly. I’ve really enjoyed learning and using the Elixir programming language, even though before this position I used Ruby pretty much exclusively.

⛪️  Church

I’m actively involved at Burleson Bible Church: